New game digest: Warhammer, Farming Simulator, The Walking Dead, Godforge, Century’s next game(?), more
There are also new titles from Konami, Red Bull, Popcore, Supersonic and plenty of others in this week's round-up.
Zynga hits an all-time high as mobile dominates Take-Two financials
Mobile represented 52% of Take-Two’s net bookings in Q4, and 49% for the full fiscal year.
Slow start for Rainbow Six and The Division on mobile as Ubisoft hits fiscal “low point”
Invincible: Guarding the Globe is growing, but earnings from Rainbow Six Mobile and The Division Resurgence have been “slower than expected”, says Ubisoft.
On the podcast: Supercell reboots Mo.co, Fortnite is back on iOS, Nintendo’s next mobile game, Embracer, Wooga, more
This week’s inside view of the mobile game business.
Supercell reboots its lowkey monster hunting game Mo.co with seasons and (free) gacha pulls
The game is being relaunched tomorrow with an array of new features, having earned an estimated $4.7m since launch over a year ago.
Data digest: Love and Deepspace hits $1bn, Pokémon TCG tops 200m installs plus fresh funding and financial news
All of this week's need-to-know numbers in one place.
Embracer writes down its mobile arm by $190m as Easybrain sale causes earnings drop
The top earners at the owner of CrazyLabs, A Thinking Ape and Deca are now Sled Surfers, Glow: Fashion Idol, Lamar Idle Vlogger, Flop House and Party in My Dorm.
Fortnite has now relaunched on the App Store worldwide, minus Australia
The global return comes a year after it was relaunched on the US App Store, and is of course related to Apple shenanigans. Australians will have to wait, though, pending more court action.
Nintendo to launch new photo-based game Pictonico on May 28
It looks a bit like WarioWare for your photos, and it’s coming to the App Store and Google Play next week.
Apple nominates Inkle, Devolver, FuturLab, Toppluva and more in annual design awards
UK-made indie game TR-49 gets two nominations in Apple’s longlist, with Arknights: Endfield, Ball x Pit, PowerWash Simulator, Grand Mountain Adventure 2 and Pine Hearts also among the nominees.
Jobs digest: moves at Roblox, Scopely, Supercell, Playtika, King, Miniclip and more
There's also appointments and promotions at Homa, Hutch, Tripledot, SciPlay and more in our latest round-up.
Another round of layoffs at Playtika-owned Wooga
One former Wooga staffer has hit out at the "abysmal management decisions" made by Wooga's studio bosses and parent company Playtika.
Investors and publishers want pragmatism, flexibility – and games that AI can’t copy
Executives from Agora, Krafton, GSC, Bossa and more dug into the State of Things at last week’s Madeira Games Summit.
Rovio set for rebuild after Sega acquisition disappoints
UPDATE: A Rovio spokesperson says there was a JP-EN mistranslation in Sega's investor materials, and the word 'restructuring' was used in error. The correct word is 'rebuilding', and we understand the restructure has already taken place.
Playtika leaves social casino behind to focus on casual hits like Disney Solitaire
CEO Robert Antokol suggests Playtika’s social casino portfolio is effectively in managed decline with casual representing 76% of its business.
The soft launch games you need to know about from Supercell, Playrix, Moon Active, Zynga and more
Take a peek at the games in testing from the mobile games industry’s top publishers.
